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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Microsoft products and/or services in IT contracts within the South East region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank88
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads11241566
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.583 %1.583 %
As % of the category below20.43 %20.92 %
Daily rates quoted252372
Average minimum daily rate£323£311
Average daily rate£343£329
% change on same period last year+4.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£305
% change on same period last year+6.06 %
Hourly rates quoted224350
Average minimum hourly rate£19.59£18.00
Average hourly rate£20.74£19.16
% change on same period last year+8.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.89£20.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.67£20.05
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
South East
Matching contract IT job ads55017487
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled7.745 %7.566 %
Daily rates quoted12811821
Average minimum daily rate£347£345
Average daily rate£368£362
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted6201049
Average minimum hourly rate£22.82£23.62
Average hourly rate£24.31£25.01
% change on same period last year-2.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£26.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
Microsoft EnglandMicrosoft
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within the Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South East Microsoft Demand Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Microsoft across the South East region.

South East Microsoft Daily Rate Trend

Microsoft
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East Microsoft Daily Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Microsoft across the South East region.

South East Microsoft Hourly Rate Trend

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Microsoft across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East Microsoft Hourly Rate Histogram

Microsoft
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft within the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+1254£384+11.84 %
HampshireDown-6172£317-0.11 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1170£354+9.68 %
SurreyNo change0170£295-13.82 %
OxfordshireUp+387£310-13.88 %
KentUp+574£341+1.73 %
MiddlesexDown-651£313+32.58 %
West SussexUp+338£200-27.23 %
Thames ValleyUp+818£352+9.14 %
East SussexDown-513--
M4 CorridorUp+1112£390-18.00 %
SussexUp+79£490+60.65 %
Home CountiesUp+147£400+95.12 %
Microsoft EnglandMicrosoft
England

Microsoft
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft.

11135 (44.77 %)Windows
2699 (27.57 %)MS Excel
3649 (25.60 %)MS Office
4495 (19.53 %)Active Directory
5438 (17.28 %).NET
6424 (16.73 %)Windows Server 2003
7413 (16.29 %)SQL
8391 (15.42 %)SQL Server
9380 (14.99 %)Windows XP
10304 (11.99 %)MS Exchange
11282 (11.12 %)Microsoft Certification
12273 (10.77 %)C#
13270 (10.65 %)Security Cleared
14245 (9.665 %)Windows 2000
15205 (8.087 %)ITIL
16202 (7.968 %)ASP.NET
16202 (7.968 %)Finance
17183 (7.219 %)SC Cleared
18179 (7.061 %)Windows Vista
19171 (6.746 %)XML
20169 (6.667 %)Citrix
21167 (6.588 %)SQL Server 2005
22166 (6.548 %)HP
23162 (6.391 %)TCP/IP
24157 (6.193 %)MCSE
25156 (6.154 %)SharePoint
25156 (6.154 %)Government
26151 (5.957 %)Project Management
27150 (5.917 %)Exchange Server 2003
28146 (5.759 %)MS Project

Microsoft
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Microsoft also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Microsoft. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1438 (17.28 %).NET
2202 (7.968 %)ASP.NET
3171 (6.746 %)XML
4144 (5.680 %)HTML
596 (3.787 %)WebServices
674 (2.919 %)ASP
769 (2.722 %).NET Framework
867 (2.643 %)CSS
946 (1.815 %)WinForms
1045 (1.775 %)XSLT
1134 (1.341 %)XSL
1232 (1.262 %)J2EE
1331 (1.223 %)COM
1429 (1.144 %)SOAP
1429 (1.144 %)XHTML
1526 (1.026 %)AJAX
1625 (0.986 %)WCF
1722 (0.868 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1722 (0.868 %)NHibernate
1820 (0.789 %)WSDL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1304 (11.99 %)MS Exchange
2156 (6.154 %)SharePoint
3150 (5.917 %)Exchange Server 2003
4141 (5.562 %)IIS
572 (2.840 %)SharePoint Server 2007
667 (2.643 %)Exchange Server 2007
748 (1.893 %)Lotus Notes
837 (1.460 %)BizTalk Server
934 (1.341 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1025 (0.986 %)Exchange Server 2000
1025 (0.986 %)GroupWise
1124 (0.947 %)Apache
1220 (0.789 %)CMS
1220 (0.789 %)Office Communications Server
1319 (0.750 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1418 (0.710 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1515 (0.592 %)Commerce Server
1610 (0.394 %)Commerce Server 2007
1610 (0.394 %)Live Communications Server
179 (0.355 %)Content Management Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1699 (27.57 %)MS Excel
2649 (25.60 %)MS Office
3146 (5.759 %)MS Project
4107 (4.221 %)MS PowerPoint
577 (3.037 %)MS Visio
621 (0.828 %)Spreadsheet
719 (0.750 %)Photoshop
811 (0.434 %)CA Clarity
910 (0.394 %)Acrobat
105 (0.197 %)InfoPath
114 (0.158 %)Shockwave
123 (0.118 %)Fireworks
123 (0.118 %)FrameMaker
132 (0.079 %)Adobe Illustrator
132 (0.079 %)AutoCAD
132 (0.079 %)ImageReady
141 (0.039 %)SPSS
141 (0.039 %)QuarkXPress
141 (0.039 %)RoboHelp
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
149 (1.933 %)Microsoft CRM
224 (0.947 %)SoftGrid
319 (0.750 %)Dynamics CRM
414 (0.552 %)Endur
57 (0.276 %)Summit
57 (0.276 %)SAP Business One
66 (0.237 %)SAP Oil and Gas
75 (0.197 %)Remedy ITSM
75 (0.197 %)Remedy AR System
84 (0.158 %)SAP CRM
84 (0.158 %)Dynamics AX
84 (0.158 %)SAP R/3
84 (0.158 %)Axapta
93 (0.118 %)WebTrends
93 (0.118 %)Oracle Financials
93 (0.118 %)SAP IS-U
93 (0.118 %)Hyperion Planning
102 (0.079 %)Oracle 11i
102 (0.079 %)Navision
102 (0.079 %)SAP MM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1162 (6.391 %)TCP/IP
2120 (4.734 %)Internet
3112 (4.418 %)DNS
4101 (3.984 %)Firewall
5100 (3.945 %)LAN
692 (3.629 %)WAN
789 (3.511 %)SAN
862 (2.446 %)VPN
952 (2.051 %)Intranet
1044 (1.736 %)DHCP
1129 (1.144 %)Wireless
1228 (1.105 %)HTTP
1321 (0.828 %)VoIP
1419 (0.750 %)LDAP
1518 (0.710 %)3G
1613 (0.513 %)Ethernet
1712 (0.473 %)SSL
1712 (0.473 %)Network Security
1810 (0.394 %)Cisco PIX
1810 (0.394 %)IP Telephony
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1391 (15.42 %)SQL Server
2167 (6.588 %)SQL Server 2005
3118 (4.655 %)SQL Server 2000
456 (2.209 %)MS Access
539 (1.538 %)Datawarehouse
634 (1.341 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
732 (1.262 %)BusinessObjects
825 (0.986 %)GIS
825 (0.986 %)SQL Server Integration Services
924 (0.947 %)ETL
1022 (0.868 %)Crystal Reports
1022 (0.868 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1121 (0.828 %)Oracle 10g
1219 (0.750 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1317 (0.671 %)DTS
1416 (0.631 %)Oracle 9i
1513 (0.513 %)PowerCenter
1513 (0.513 %)Data Mart
1611 (0.434 %)OLAP
1710 (0.394 %)Oracle Reports
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
182 (3.235 %)Visual Studio
238 (1.499 %)NUnit
336 (1.420 %)VSS/SourceSafe
435 (1.381 %)Rational Rose
524 (0.947 %)InterDev
613 (0.513 %)InstallShield
712 (0.473 %)Dreamweaver
712 (0.473 %)Flash
810 (0.394 %)ClearCase
810 (0.394 %)TestDirector
810 (0.394 %)MSI
99 (0.355 %)Subversion
99 (0.355 %)ProC
108 (0.316 %)StarTeam
117 (0.276 %)Eclipse
117 (0.276 %)Ant
117 (0.276 %)JUnit
126 (0.237 %)ClearQuest
133 (0.118 %)Visual Studio Team System
142 (0.079 %)FrontPage
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1202 (7.968 %)Finance
2156 (6.154 %)Government
3100 (3.945 %)Telecoms
474 (2.919 %)Marketing
564 (2.525 %)Pharmaceutical
649 (1.933 %)Insurance
731 (1.223 %)Legal
830 (1.183 %)Education
927 (1.065 %)Manufacturing
927 (1.065 %)Retail
1026 (1.026 %)Banking
1122 (0.868 %)Publishing
1122 (0.868 %)Health
1219 (0.750 %)Aerospace
1317 (0.671 %)Electric
1416 (0.631 %)Local Government
1513 (0.513 %)Billing
1513 (0.513 %)Military
1612 (0.473 %)Back Office
1612 (0.473 %)Electronics
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1483 (19.05 %)Analyst
2359 (14.16 %)Developer
3166 (6.548 %)Support Engineer
4151 (5.957 %)Support Analyst
5129 (5.089 %)Consultant
5129 (5.089 %)Administrator
6113 (4.458 %)Helpdesk Analyst
7112 (4.418 %).NET Developer
8104 (4.103 %)Desktop Support
999 (3.905 %)2nd Line Support
1093 (3.669 %)Project Manager
1188 (3.471 %)Helpdesk Support
1286 (3.393 %)Architect
1385 (3.353 %)1st Line Support
1480 (3.156 %)C# Developer
1568 (2.682 %)3rd Line Support
1660 (2.367 %)Desktop Engineer
1752 (2.051 %)Service Analyst
1847 (1.854 %)Service Desk Analyst
1946 (1.815 %)Software Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
175 (2.959 %)Clustering
266 (2.604 %)Blackberry
337 (1.460 %)N-Tier
432 (1.262 %)NHS
530 (1.183 %)Dutch Language
627 (1.065 %)Replication
726 (1.026 %)German Language
823 (0.907 %)French Language
921 (0.828 %)Client/Server
921 (0.828 %)Management Information System
1020 (0.789 %)Computer Science
1117 (0.671 %)PKI
1212 (0.473 %)AS400
1212 (0.473 %)Mainframe
1310 (0.394 %)EPoS
1310 (0.394 %)Thin Client
1310 (0.394 %)Mathematics
1310 (0.394 %)Fat Client
149 (0.355 %)PMI
156 (0.237 %)Italian Language
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11135 (44.77 %)Windows
2424 (16.73 %)Windows Server 2003
3380 (14.99 %)Windows XP
4245 (9.665 %)Windows 2000
5179 (7.061 %)Windows Vista
6143 (5.641 %)UNIX
789 (3.511 %)Linux
878 (3.077 %)Windows 2000 Server
977 (3.037 %)Solaris
1039 (1.538 %)Windows NT
1136 (1.420 %)NetWare
1235 (1.381 %)HPUX
1235 (1.381 %)Windows Server 2008
1331 (1.223 %)AIX
1413 (0.513 %)Red Hat Linux
1413 (0.513 %)Windows Mobile
155 (0.197 %)SUSE
164 (0.158 %)Debian
164 (0.158 %)MVS
173 (0.118 %)VxWorks
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1270 (10.65 %)Security Cleared
2205 (8.087 %)ITIL
3183 (7.219 %)SC Cleared
4151 (5.957 %)Project Management
5122 (4.813 %)Migration
6101 (3.984 %)PRINCE2
790 (3.550 %)CRM
868 (2.682 %)UML
961 (2.406 %)Configuration Management
1059 (2.327 %)OO
1151 (2.012 %)Service Management
1250 (1.972 %)Business Intelligence
1250 (1.972 %)Data Migration
1344 (1.736 %)Service Delivery
1344 (1.736 %)Change Management
1439 (1.538 %)Web Development
1538 (1.499 %)PRINCE
1538 (1.499 %)Agile Software Development
1635 (1.381 %)Validation
1734 (1.341 %)Content Management
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1413 (16.29 %)SQL
2273 (10.77 %)C#
3123 (4.852 %)VB
4105 (4.142 %)JavaScript
5100 (3.945 %)VB.NET
688 (3.471 %)Transact-SQL
776 (2.998 %)C++
864 (2.525 %)Java
963 (2.485 %)C
1049 (1.933 %)VBA
1148 (1.893 %)VBScript
1237 (1.460 %)VB6
1333 (1.302 %)DHTML
1432 (1.262 %)VC++
1527 (1.065 %)Perl
1527 (1.065 %)PL/SQL
169 (0.355 %)Korn
177 (0.276 %)PHP
177 (0.276 %)Python
185 (0.197 %)NATURAL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1282 (11.12 %)Microsoft Certification
2157 (6.193 %)MCSE
3105 (4.142 %)Degree
468 (2.682 %)MCP
552 (2.051 %)Cisco Certification
627 (1.065 %)CCNA
724 (0.947 %)ITIL Certification
823 (0.907 %)MCSA
919 (0.750 %)Citrix Certification
1018 (0.710 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1116 (0.631 %)CCA
1215 (0.592 %)CCNP
1215 (0.592 %)Novell Certification
1314 (0.552 %)ISEB
1413 (0.513 %)CNE
1413 (0.513 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1511 (0.434 %)HNC
1610 (0.394 %)MCSD
179 (0.355 %)HND
188 (0.316 %)MCTS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
147 (1.854 %)SLA
229 (1.144 %)QA
311 (0.434 %)ISO9001
46 (0.237 %)WAI
55 (0.197 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
55 (0.197 %)TickIT
63 (0.118 %)ISO9000
63 (0.118 %)ISO8583
72 (0.079 %)ISO27001
72 (0.079 %)ISO12207
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1495 (19.53 %)Active Directory
245 (1.775 %)VMware Infrastructure
340 (1.578 %)Backup Exec
433 (1.302 %)ISA Server
529 (1.144 %)Terminal Server
627 (1.065 %)VMware ESX
726 (1.026 %)Citrix Presentation Server
824 (0.947 %)NetBackup
916 (0.631 %)Novell eDirectory
1014 (0.552 %)Terminal Services
117 (0.276 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
125 (0.197 %)MetaFrame
134 (0.158 %)Xen
134 (0.158 %)MailMarshal
134 (0.158 %)NDS
143 (0.118 %)Oracle RAC
143 (0.118 %)VMware Server
152 (0.079 %)RACF
161 (0.039 %)VMware GSX
161 (0.039 %)VMware Workstation
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
173 (2.880 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
231 (1.223 %)SCCM
327 (1.065 %)OpenView Configuration Management
425 (0.986 %)OpenView
519 (0.750 %)MOM
616 (0.631 %)Norton AntiVirus
713 (0.513 %)OVOW
812 (0.473 %)WSUS
812 (0.473 %)Tivoli
910 (0.394 %)SCOM
108 (0.316 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
108 (0.316 %)BMC PATROL
115 (0.197 %)ZENworks
124 (0.158 %)ARCserve
124 (0.158 %)Netcool
124 (0.158 %)Unicenter
124 (0.158 %)BMC Marimba
124 (0.158 %)OVPI
133 (0.118 %)EMC NetWorker
133 (0.118 %)OVSD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1169 (6.667 %)Citrix
2166 (6.548 %)HP
3136 (5.365 %)Oracle
4120 (4.734 %)Cisco
5118 (4.655 %)VMware
672 (2.840 %)Novell
762 (2.446 %)SAP
851 (2.012 %)IBM
949 (1.933 %)Symantec
1048 (1.893 %)Lotus
1141 (1.617 %)Sun
1237 (1.460 %)Altiris
1336 (1.420 %)Dell
1432 (1.262 %)Business Objects
1531 (1.223 %)Adobe
1531 (1.223 %)Remedy
1630 (1.183 %)VERITAS
1719 (0.750 %)Red Hat
1818 (0.710 %)McAfee Security
1818 (0.710 %)CheckPoint